Wet Leg Leans Into Love and Lands Their Most Playable Album Yet

Wet Leg’s new album moisturizer might just be the year’s biggest sigh of relief — not because it plays it safe, but because it doesn’t. With their 2021 breakout single “Chaise Longue” still echoing in indie playlists everywhere, the pressure to deliver a follow-up was real. But rather than cave under expectation, Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, and their full touring band doubled down on what they do best: sticky hooks, smart-kid chaos, and surreal emotional weather.

Where their debut spun social anxiety into sly one-liners, moisturizer cracks open a more direct feeling: full-tilt, messy, unguarded love. “I melt for you,” Teasdale sings on the album opener “cpr,” somewhere between a plea and a punchline. The songs come faster, funnier, sharper — and often louder. Whether it’s the post-punk spasm of “catch these fists,” the shoegaze swoon of “don’t speak,” or the anthemic glow of closer “u and me at home,” Wet Leg have built something both personal and festival-ready. It’s an album made to be shouted into the wind.

You can stream moisturizer now and pick up a clear vinyl edition while they last.

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